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Payroll issues could force closure of the Ford County Health Department in Paxton. The lack of available cash flow could lead to the facility closing by the end of May. Public Health Administrator Lana Sample informed her Ford...

Annual awards were presented (Thursday) by the Gibson Area Chamber of Commerce. Lifetime Achievement Award... Ron and Melanie Warfield of Gibson City were named recipients of the 9th Lifetime Achievement Award. Recipients are...

Nomination forms are available for the annual Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce awards night. The Professional and Staff Achievement Awards will be presented in conjunction with the Times-Republic's Citizen-of-the-Year and...

The estate of a local couple is remembering Danville Area Community College. A nearly one-million dollar gift to DACC comes from Harold and Virginia Auter. The gift from "Boo' and 'Ginny" will be used to establish the Harold...

The growing popularity of early voting and voting when you register contributed to huge numbers for voter turnout in Tuesday's Illinois Primary. The 46 percent turnout in Iroquois County came from the 8,195 ballots cast. There...

Six new faces will represent the people on the Iroquois County Board in December. Voters chose new representatives in Districts 1, 2 and 4 in Tuesday's primary election. Barring any independent runs or a democratic challenge in...

Newcomer Shane Ritter pulled off a political upset Tuesday, defeating Kankakee County Board Chairman Mike Bossert in the Primary Election. It was a 2-1 margin of victory for Ritter. The Olivet Nazarene University dean won 64% of...

Judge Mike Kramer, a Kankakee County associate judge, was an easy winner Tuesday for circuit court judge. He was a unanimous winner over State's Attorney Jamie Boyd, who opted to seek the judgeship and not seek re-election for...

Two contested races in Ford County Tuesday saw voters selecting Andrew Killian of Gibson City as state's attorney while Kim Evans of Paxton won re-election to her circuit clerk position. Killian won the Republican nomination for...

Livingston County voters selected the Ford County state's attorney to be their new state's attorney. Tuesday, voters chose Randy Yedinak to the prosecutor's office over incumbent Seth Uphoff. Seth Uphoff was defeated by the...